The article I chose was titled, “How Much Water Weight Can a Player Lose during a Game?” by The Editors from Scientific America, November 11, 2010. The article is on how football players to reach the pro level must be extremely cautious about their health. Meaning they have to eat and drink right. The article then asks “just how much water can players sweat through?” During exercise the body loses moisture through perspiration and respiration this speeds up as the body tries to cool off by sweating. This then evaporates from the skin and taking heat with it and by breathing harder to get oxygen to the muscles.
Trainers subtract a player’s post game weight from his pregame weight to estimate the amount of moisture a player has lost. They try not to let player’s lose more than 3 percent of their overall body weight during a practice session. If a player has lost more than 3 percent of their body weight they would have to rehydrate after that game or practice session. Their intake would be more than the daily water intake recommendations for physically active adults. Fruits and vegetables also provide a source of fluids and make up about a fifth of people’s daily water consumption.
I chose this article because I have went through this playing college football. In high school we never had to weigh or anything of that nature. Once I came to college we had to weigh before practice and after practice. It was a very serious matter also, because if one of my teammates were to not weigh the entire team would have to be punished. Coaches and also trainers told us constantly to get fluids and keep them. By doing this we didn’t have any problems with dehydration.
LeRon Cameron-Fuller
Yes this article touches on a lot of serious matters. There have been several deaths over the last few years by football players being dehydrated or form over heating during a pratice or game. Causing these players to put to much stress on their heart and giving them a heart attack. So it is good to see that colleges are taking this matter very seriously. But they also need to take it seriously for high school players also. Benjamin Hartman
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ReplyDeleteI found this article interesting because as a college baseball player I have had some of the same experiences. This article also brought some questions to mind. What are some things you can do throughout the day to make sure your well hydrated before a game or practice? And what is the best thing for you to drink during a game to rehydrate you? Matt Racer
ReplyDeletei found this article interesting as well. i am a college softball player and we go through the same things. i believe any sport does. the most important this is to stay hydrated before during and after. i have never had to weigh in before and after but i am constantly reminded to drink water.
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I can relate to the artictle because i played football, basketball, and baseball in high school and before and after every football practice we had to weigh in. I know the wresltlers at my school did the same too. Keeping hydrated is key in very hot weather especially in early football season and all of baseball. Stayin hydrated is very serious a few of my friends have got heat exhaustion at practice so its nice to see things being done about it.
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ReplyDeleteIn response to Matt Racer's questions.
ReplyDeleteFrom experience I was always told to drink lots of water the night before and also through out the day and stay out of the heat until time for practice or game. During games gatorade, powerade, and lukewarm water is more better for you than ice cold water even though it feels better.
LeRon Cameron-Fuller
I found this article interesting because it brings alot of attention to player's that don't realize how much water weight they are losing. Also it brings questions to some minds of athletes about how can they stay hydrated during a game or practice session.
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Zack, for us being athletes of football and put our bodies through the worse beatings if its practice or a game. we will sweat off allthe water we drink the night before and or the days before and thats why when we are practicing or in our football games we are always told to rehydrate because we sweat all that water off, so we have to replenish the water we lost.
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I found this article interesting because, its true when playing any sport you have to be very careful when it comes to keeping the fluids in your body. Many people have died over the years because of deydration and just being in the hot sun working their body too hard and losing the fluids they have been taking in.You also have to eat right if you know your going to be participating in any sport. If you dont keep fluids in your body and you overwork yourself them the results could be drastic or even fatal.I think that its good that the team weighs thierselves before and after practice because it tells the payer if they have been taking in enough fluids, so keep doing this. -Danesha Walton
ReplyDeleteThis article is very interesting. I have never played a sport that i had to be weighed thats why its so interesting. My question is what will happen if a player never loses any body fluids. Is this a good or bad thing?
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In high school I played football, wrestling and track. Throughout these three sports I have heard many different things on or before the day of an event and ways to keep hydrated. One way to keep hydrated during the day is put a small amount of salt in some water, the salt will help you retain water. On a day of an even, I believe the best thing to do is drink Gatorade before and during half-times and drink water during the game, as well as before.
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Many athletes go into practice full force trying their hardest to become better. Many however sometime vomit or loose fluids a variety of ways, Is this being taken into consideration when weighing in at the end of the day?-Brandon Noonkester
ReplyDeleteThis article is very importantin keeping check on athletes health. In more recent years trainers and coaches have been more concerned with head injuries to players. Dehydration is also very important to keep in check because if the person goes dehydrated for too long it can also cause brain damage. All sports are important to keep hydrated in but non as much as football. Josh Collins
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